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# נִחֻמִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5150

**consoled** — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

consoled [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5150/#m1)

Why these entries: BDB: none; OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: comfort(s) (2); compassions (1).

## In the verses

[Zechariah 1:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ZEC.1.13/#tree)

וַיַּ֣עַן יְהוָ֗ה אֶת־הַמַּלְאָ֛ךְ הַדֹּבֵ֥ר בִּ֖י דְּבָרִ֣ים טוֹבִ֑ים דְּבָרִ֖ים נִחֻמִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Yahweh (et) the angel \[who was\].speaking with me words good words comfort(s)

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD answered the angel that spoke with me with good words, even comforting words —

[Isaiah 57:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.18/#tree)

דְּרָכָ֥יו רָאִ֖יתִי וְאֶרְפָּאֵ֑הוּ וְאַנְחֵ֕הוּ וַאֲשַׁלֵּ֧ם נִֽחֻמִ֛ים ל֖וֹ וְלַאֲבֵלָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* ways his I.have.seen and I will.heal.him and I will.lead.him and I.will.restore comfort(s) to him and to his mourners

*JPS 1917:* I have seen his ways, and will heal him; I will lead him also, and requite with comforts him and his mourners.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5150.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5150/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).